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Yan Wenming
Chinese archaeologist Yan Wenming, born in Hunan Province, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award during the fifth Shanghai Archaeology Forum (SAF), which marks the first time a Chinese scholar has received such recognition.
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Tang, born in 1975 and launched into orbit on the Shenzhen-12 mission in June 2021, became one of the first occupants of the Chinese space station's core module Tianhe.
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Chen Nengkuan, a native of Cili, obtained the "Two-bombs and One-star Achievement Medal" in 1999.
More >"Father of Hybrid Rice" Yuan Longping
Having spent over five decades in hybrid rice research, the academician with the Chinese Academy of Engineering has helped China work a great wonder -- feeding nearly one-fifth of the world's population with less than 9 percent of the world's total l...
More >Yu Ruqin
Yu Ruqin is a fellow of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a member of the 6th, 8th, and 9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
More >Li Zhenpian: Bacteriologist and Virologist
Li Zhenpian realized outstanding achievements in virology and related fields, and also was a patriot and a well-known social activist who committed himself to intensifying the contacts between Chinese and American medical circles.
More >Cai Lun
Cai Lun (61AD-121AD), courtesy name Jingzhong, is conventionally regarded as the inventor of paper and the paper making process, and in forms recognizable in modern times as paper (as opposed to Egyptian papyrus).
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